Laced shoe



Sept. 29, 1925. 1,555,059

s. M. WHITE LACED SHOE Filed June 5, 1924 Savant;

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Patented Sept. 29,1925, V r j I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL M. W'HITE, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

LACE!) SHOE.

Application filed June 5, 1924. Serial No. 718,137.

To all whom it may canoe m: per portion with a hook 3 having its engagBe it known that I, SAMUEL M. VVniTn, ing member 3 pointed toward thetoe of the a citizen of the United States, residing at shoe 1. This hook3 is arranged substan- Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State tiallyat a point in the center of the tongue of Georgia, have invented certainnew and so as to engage the string 4: at its last crossusefulImprovements in Laced Shoes, of ing 4* and 4", as the string is abouttobe in which the following is a specification. serted through theuppermost eyelets 5 and invention relates to means for pre-- 5 of theshoe 1. The hook 3 is riveted to venting the tongues of shoes of theopen face the tongue as at 6 and is preferably arranged. laced type fromslipping. so that its clamped portion will be between y inventionconsists in providing the the inner surface of the tongue 2 and thetongue with a small hook arranged in the lining 7. center at its upperend, so as to engage the It can be readily seen that I have providedshoe string when theright and left portions an anti-slipping means, forshoe tongues of the shoe upper are drawn to closed posithat isinexpensive, easily applied to a shoe tion and the string tied. tongue,and comfortable to the wearer.

One object of my invention is to provide What I claim is: ananti-slipping means for the tongues of In a shoe of the open face lacetype, a shoes, in which said means can be applied tongue to cover theopening in the front of to the tongue in the course of the shoes theshoe, a lining on the inner side of said manufacture or after the shoeis offered to tongue, an inverted shoe lace hook having the trade. aflat head portion, a portion under the head A further object is toprovide an antiand substantially parallel with the under slipping meansfor the tongues of shoes, side of the flat head, and rivet portionhavwhich can be applied to the tongue of any ing its inner end flattenedagaii'ist the under shoe of open face laced type. surface of the tongue,the hook providing a My invention 1s illustrated in the accolnsupportfor the shoe string, said hook being panying drawing, in which: securedto the central portion of the tongue F ig. 1 is a perspective view of ashoe near its upper edge and arranged at a point having the usual tonguewith. my invention below the uppermost lacing eyelets of the appliedthereto. shoe upper, so as to engage the shoe string Fig. 2 is a frontview of a tongue, clearly at its last crossing before inserting theshowing the shoe string engaged by the string in said eyelets of theshoe, the lining hook in accordance with my invention. of the tonguecovering the inner side of the Fig. 3 is a perspective View Of a tongrivet of the hook so as to prevent the hook showing the preferred mannerof applying from irritating the leg. my invention to a tongue having alining. In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my The shoe 1 has theusual tongue 2, fassignature. tened at one end to the shoe in thecustomary way. This tongue 2 is provided at its up- SAMUEL M. WHITE.-

